Using Game Activities with the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model to Develop English Reading Comprehension Ability of Prathomsuksa 5th Students.

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) compare the English reading comprehension ability of Prathomsuksa 5 students after studying through game activities and the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model with the specified criteria of 80%, 2) compare the English reading comprehension ability of Prathomsuksa 5 students before and after studying through game activities and the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model, and 3) study the satisfaction level of Prathomsuksa 5 students towards learning English through game activities and the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model. The research samples were 36 students from Prathomsuksa 5/1 of Demonstration School of Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University studying in the first semester of academic year 2020. The samples were selected using a simple random sampling method. The research instruments were the English reading comprehension lesson plans, the English reading comprehension test, and the questionnaire on the students’ satisfaction towards learning English through game activities and the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model. The statistics used to analyze data were mean scores, standard deviation, One sample t-test, and Dependent samples t-test.

The results showed that:

1) the posttest scores of the students’ English reading comprehension ability were higher than the specified criteria of 80% at a significance level of .05,

2) the posttest scores of the students’ English reading comprehension ability were found to be higher than the pretest scores at a significance level of .05,

3) the satisfaction level of Prathomsuksa 5 students towards learning English through game activities and the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model was at a high level.